Developed the internal web site (intranet) for
NextWave.com using the Drupal 4.7 CRM framework.
Built many custom modules for Drupal to meet requirements not covered by available modules.
Created a popular seating chart mapping system with employee and resource profiles.
Created an organization chart system.
Recorded, edited, and posted engineering lectures in FLV format. [Sep 2006-Dec 2008]

Developed system to collect translations of web search terms
from independent contractor translators around the world. Stored these values
in MySQL for export to ontology team for
Convera's semantic search engine project.
[Jan 2006-Sep 2006]

Developed several database-driven web sites using PHP and
MySQL for personal use and organizations such as the San Diego Booksellers
Association (SDBooks.org), among others.

Writing and Communications:

Author of numerous articles and presentations on the
history of children's literature, particularly juvenile series books like
Tom Swift, the Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew. See a list of these
publications and conferences
attended.

Editor of newsletters for groups such as the San Diego
Booksellers Association (BookEndz) and the North American Jules Verne
Society (Extraordinary Voyages).

Teaching at the Centers for Education & Technology
(formerly known as Continuing Education) for short-term web technology
courses and substituting for other instructors in their
absence.

2000-Date

Consultant

Created a variety of web applications using client-side
and server-side technologies, including Javascript, PHP, MySQL, HTML,
DHTML, and CSS. Some projects were small-scale e-commerce applications
while others were primarily informative in nature. One larger site
is AccessSanDiego.com.

The largest book store in the United States specializing
exclusively in out-of-print and collectible children's books remembered
by adults. Responsible for all computer (including their previous web
site) and research-oriented activities.

Appeared on three television programs, one 60-minute radio program,
and consulted for innumerable newspaper and magazine articles. Wrote
many articles in the field of series books (listed
in second section) for journals in the field.

1987-1988

Intern at Teledyne Ryan Electronics.

Used CAD programs to design programmable logic devices
to replace large circuit boards with a single custom integrated circuit
for radar devices.

1987

Assistant to Dr. Harold M. Bull, Associate Professor
at San Diego State University Physics Department.

Wrote computer programs in compiled BASIC on IBM-class
machines to analyze digital chromatography output and identify percentage
of gases present based on statistical correlation with known samples.
Project was discontinued when professor was not rehired due to budget
cuts.

1986-1987

Head of computer lab for Department of Health and
Human Services, College of Communication Disorders at San Diego State
University.

Responsible for maintaining computer lab with fifteen
IBM XT machines and training class-sized groups of students in basic
word processing.

1983-1986

Manager for McDonald's Corporation.

Assistant manager at store in San Diego after being
hired as a regular employee and showing proficiency in all stations
at store in Chula Vista. While manager, edited employee newsletter.

Supplied unique historical and bibliographic information
to support the creation of this book.

1996-2000

Editor of BookEndz.

Used Adobe PageMaker to typeset monthly newsletter for the
San Diego Booksellers Association.
Created web page for newsletter which includes Adobe Acrobat versions of
issues created during my term as editor.

1995-2002

Member of Board of Directors for San Diego Booksellers
Association.

1990

Science Editor for three volumes in the Young Astronauts
series.

Paperback juvenile books that used the "Rick North"
collective pseudonym and were published by
Zebra Books.
After I saw numerous factual errors in the initial volume of the series,
I was hired to edit scientific content of later stories (vols. 4-6).

Education:

2001-2002

Linux Cluster Technology

Two month, 32-hour certificate program offered by San Diego
State University's HTEC
program.

Steam locomotive fireman and engineer as a volunteer
for the Poway-Midland Railroad
(PowayMidlandRR.org) to operate all
running equipment, including a 1907 Baldwin 0-4-0 oil-fired steam locomotive,
1894 Los Angeles Railways trolley (converted to a gasoline engine by movie
studios for films like Hello! Dolly), and a 1950 Fairmount speeder
with a gasoline engine. The volunteers are also restoring a 1906 San Francisco
cablecar which will be powered with electric motors and batteries.

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